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Personal info

Full name
RENAUD, Joseph W
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Michigan
Hometown
Grosse Pointe, Wayne County, Michigan

Military service

Service number
16108506
Rank
Sergeant
Function
Squad Leader
Unit
A Company,
1st Battalion,
317th Infantry Regiment,
80th Infantry Division
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
15 September 1944
Place of death
In the vicinity of Blénod-les-Pont-à-Mousson, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
C 27 38

Immediate family

Members
William Renaud (father)
Geraldine (Lind) Renaud (mother)
Thelma Renaud (sister)
Eugene Renaud (brother)
Virginia (Krass) Renaud (wife)

More information

Sgt Joseph W. Renaud was a clerk before he volunteered for the Army of the United States in Detroit, Michigan on 27 July 1942.

Source of information: Leo Minne, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com – 1930/ 1940 Census / Headstone and Interment Record / Michigan Marriage Records, www.80thDivision.com

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